Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on November 3rd from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
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Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month. Next session is on October 20th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on the first and third Tuesday night of the month, starting on October 6th from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags …
Intermediate-Advanced Kayaking: Paddle the Lower Yough!
Let’s paddle the Youghiogheny River! This is also the weekend of the Over the Falls Festival – the only weekend of year that boaters race over the falls! We’ll make sure to watch in awe. http://fallsrace.com/ **IMPORTANT**: The Lower Yough has about seven class III rapids. It’s tons of fun – as long as you spend most of your time …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours on Saturday (8/15) on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. Since …
Kayak Roll Practice (Cancelled)
Due to the conflick with the creekathon and lack of interest I have cancelled the Kayak Roll Practice to Sweet Briar. Last session for this semester at Sweet Briar College for kayak roll practice. Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. I do not plan on taking any …
Pre-Creekathon Learn to Kayak!!
Ever wanted to learn to whitewater kayak? Well here’s your chance! This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river adventures. We’ll spend 3 hours on Wednesday on the lake at Walnut Creek Park before the Creekathon learning such skills as the wet exit, basic paddle strokes, T-rescues, and …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Let’s go paddle Balcony Falls on Sunday! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about an hour and a half away and is an awesome, beautiful run; I’m so excited to get back down there! We’ll meet at Bonnycastle Circle at 8am, …
Kayak Roll Practice at Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Kayak Roll Practice at Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Beginner/Intermediate Kayaking at Balcony Falls
Let’s go paddle Balcony Falls on Friday! This run is a mostly class II with one class II+/III rapid that is easily walkable if you don’t feel comfortable running it. Balcony is about an hour and a half away and is an awesome, beautiful run; I’m so excited to get back down there! We’ll meet at Echols Dorm at 10, …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours on Monday (3/30) on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. Since …
1st Annual Recreational Alleghany Highlands Triathlon
Do you like to run, road bike, and paddle? Perfect! Join me at the Alleghany Highlands Triathalon! This is my first-ever triathalon; I am not an expert trainer, and I am more excited about doing my three favorite sports than winning first place. The main purpose of this trip (for me) is to carpool and camp together, and to HAVE …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours on Saturday (3/21) on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. Since …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. This will be the last one this year. They will be offering more practice sessions during the spring. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. They have a great instructor that will help you fine …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Kayak Roll Practice
Sweet Briar College has opened up their pool for kayak roll practice on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 9:00PM. The cost for a session is $10.00, which you are responsible for paying. You may bring your own personal gear, but make sure it is clean, remove any float bags from the boat and wash it out. OR you may use …
Swift Water Rescue Course and Kayaking
Swift Water Rescue is a course designed to teach kayakers and other whitewater sports participants the safety skills needed to avoid dangerous situations and to successfully deal with them should they occur. Quintin Brubaker, a club alum and raft guide on the Gauley River, WV, is an ACA certified SWR instructor and will be teaching a modified version of the …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking to prepare you for future river trips. We will spend a couple of hours this Sunday (9/14) on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking to prepare you for future river trips. We will spend a couple of hours next Wednesday (9/10) on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the …
Kayak Roll Class at Walnut Creekathon
Come out for the Walnut Creekathon and learn to roll a white water kayak. No prior experience necessary. We’ll do some wet exits, a bit of T-rescueing, and try some Eskimo rolling before downing burgers, dogs, and/or veggies. If you sign up for this please sign up for the creekathon as well so that Lila will have an accurate tally …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours on Thursday (4/17) afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours Saturday (4/19) afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll …
Trip Leader Workshop 2
Want to learn how to lead trips or how to lead better trips? We will be going over all the basics of trip leading in the club, reimbursements, trip descriptions, basic logistics and info, activities, etc. Also, we will go over several common problems and go over how not to lead trips (mostly by examining all of the situations Ive …
Learn to Paddle Instead, Silly, Its Almost Spring
This could go down as the earliest ever spring kayaking class. The nice thing is, though, the sooner you learn river safety and rolling skills, the more realistically you can hop into some real river running come actually spring. The class will begin with an introduction to kayaking gear and basic open water safety principles. Once we get in the …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
This class is designed to teach you the very basics of white water kayaking, to prepare you for future river trips. We’ll spend 2 hours Saturday afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning such skills as the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll be …
Downtown Paddling
Downtown James river is a Class III-IV paddling experience. Don’t sign up unless you have solid Class III experience and a very solid roll. Check out details of the run here http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/River/detail/id/1952/ This is the same stretch of river as Dave’s trip on Thursday. The club provides whatever gear you don’t have (boat, paddle, pfd, skirt, helmet). You should wear …
Intro. Kayaking: the Rivanna River or Walnut
I’d like us to go out on the low, slow Rivanna this Thursday, to give folks an opportunity to be on moving water for the first time. It is class II or so, with a couple of fun spots. I always enjoy to experience a different cross-section of southern Albemarle than from I-64, one that is frequently shared with mallards, …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
We’ll spend 2 hours Saturday (4/14) afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning the basic skills you need before getting in a white water kayak and paddling down a rapid river. I’ll teach you the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll need 1 or …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
We’ll spend 2 hours Thursday afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning the basic skills you need before getting in a white water kayak and paddling down a rapid river. I’ll teach you the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll need 1 or 2 …
Downtown Paddlin
Its going to be 80 degrees in Richmond and the river is up. The water level should be around 7 feet on Friday, so you need to be an experienced paddler to join up for this one. Class III-IV- rapids. That means you have to have been on class III+ rapids a number of times and be able to roll …
Trip Leader Workshop
At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four adventures. I’ve only reserved the room for an hour, so that’s the …
Kayak Roll Lesson
This trip is for people who want to learn how to roll a kayak, and haven’t yet had a chance to be introduced to the sport on flatwater. Also, for those who would like to practice further to sharpen their roll. The attendee limit may increase depending on whether or not enough drivers sign up. We’re going to go to …
Trip Leader Workshop 3!
I’ve heard from several of you that you can’t come to the Thursday workshop, so here’s another chance! We’ll learn about trip-leading from 5-6ish, and we’ll finish in plenty of time to attend the Monday Night Gathering at Newcomb. At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle …
Trip Leader Workshop!
Everyone is encouraged to lead trips, and it’s easier than you think! At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four …
Fall Break Paddling Weekend (Dates Are Flexible)
For those of you brave enough to take a long car ride with me, I will offer you the best padding weekend of your life. I’m going home for fall break and want to take some good paddlers with me to hit up some rivers local to my home – Asheville, NC. I want to take some sweet movie footage, …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
We’ll spend 2 hours Wednesday afternoon on the lake at Walnut Creek Park (~10 miles south of town) learning the basic skills you need before getting in a white water kayak and paddling down a rapid river. I’ll teach you the wet exit, how to paddle a white water kayak, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. I’ll need 1 driver for …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake (Group 2)
As promised to those on the waitlist for my other intro trip, I am setting up a second group. For this to work, I will need at least 2 drivers. Everyone who joins this trip will automatically get put onto the waitlist. I will put the first 2 people who signed up on the first trip’s waitlist, and can drive, …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on a Lake
The title says it all. We’ll spend a couple of hours on Sunday learning the basic skills you’ll need to paddle a white water kayak through the good stuff. We’ll go over the wet exit, paddling techniques, T-rescues, and the Eskimo roll. No prior experience necessary. This class is a pre-requisite for my beginner river trips. I’m setting the trip …
Trip Leader Workshop!
Everyone is encouraged to lead trips, and it’s easier than you think! At this workshop, we’ll talk about how to lead different types of trips, what to do about gear, how to handle trip expenses, what types of trips are allowed, and how to set trips up online. As an incentive to lead, we’ll reimburse your dues after leading four …
Paddling Through Downtown Richmond
The James is a little on the low side right now, but there is a chance for rain later this week, so Im crossing my fingers and planning a trip. This section of the James is very unique in that it goes through the middle of a city. Not to mention it has some fun play spots and a great …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on Flat Water
Lets cool off from this heat wave by learning all about the wonderful sport of white water kayaking. There will not be any white water at Walnut Creek Park, but there will be white water kayaks, all of the associated gear, and calm water. I’ll teach you the very basics you need to know before getting into the real stuff. …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on Flat Water
Lets cool off from this heat wave by learning all about the wonderful sport of white water kayaking. There will not be any white water at Walnut Creek Park, but there will be white water kayaks, all of the associated gear, and calm water. I’ll teach you the very basics you need to know before getting into the real stuff. …
Intro to White Water Kayaking – Learning the Basics on Flat Water
White water kayaking is the best outdoor recreational sport EVER! But before you have fun in the rapids, you need to learn the basics on flat water. We’ll spend 2 hours at Walnut Creek Park learning how to wet exit, paddle straight, T-rescue, and do the Eskimo roll. If you have experience in a white water kayak please do not …
Club Year-End Celebration @ Walnut Creek!
This trip is leaving at 4pm and will go out to Walnut. Bring any frisbees, footballs, swimming shorts, soccer balls — anything to play with. The club will provide burger, hot dogs, and veggie burgers. You will need to bring some sort of snack or drink. Sign up if you’re interested in leaving at 4pm!
Club Bbq – 5 Pm Session – Get Pumped, Get Pumped!
The club is BBQing at Walnut Creek! This particular adventure leaves Echols at 5pm. Hope to see you come on out!
Pre-Party Kayak Roll Class
The Club is having a year end party at Walnut Creek Park on Friday, 4/28 from 4:30 to 8:00pm. There will be all sorts of outing activities and char-grilled food. What better way to build up an appetite with some kayak roll lessons/practice? So if you want to learn/practice the kayak Eskimo roll AND go to the party, join this …
Kayak Roll Lesson
This trip is for people who want to learn to eskimo roll their kayak, and haven’t had any opportunity to learn yet, particularly folks who have been waitlisted on one or more of the recent Sunday roll lessons. It is also a chance for practice, if you’re shaky in the basics. IMPORTANT: The title says to meet at 1535 Gordon, …
Kayak Roll Class/Practice
With the spring just around the corner, its almost time to put the skis and snowboards away and get the kayaks out! What better way to get psyched up for kayaking season with a roll class?! Knowing the kayak Eskimo roll is essential for advanced white water kayaking as well as play paddling…and it looks pretty cool! We’ll meet at …
Kayak Roll Practice
This is for people who know how to roll but want to work on their roll more. You must be able to do a t-rescue (a.k.a. using another person’s boat to right yourself) and should have gotta a roll at least once in your life. We will be taking up the deep end while Dave is in the shallow end. …